Barber&#39;s clipper guard



March 22, 1927.

- 1,621,572 F.'- E. YOUNG BARBERS CLJgPPER GUARD Filed June '7, 1923 Patented Mar. 22,1927;

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ttz isva BARBERS CLIPPERGUARD.

Application filed June 7,

' accomplished in a single operation, using the he details of construction hereinafter de rolling motion with the clippers without. leaving any line of demarkation in passing from one length to the other and by means of which the work of four clippers may be accomplished with the use of one.

Another object is to provide a clipper guard so constructed and mounted that all kinds of hair will be picked up and'guided into the cutting teeth no matter how fine the hairmaybe and which will also pick up hair from the scalp which rolls .up in front of the clipper and which will slide easily and without sticking to the skin.

lVith. the foregoing and other objects'in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in i-ribed and claimed, it being understood that hanges in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope .of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a hair clipper with this. improved guard shown applied. i Fig; 2 is a top plan view of the guard detached. v

Fig. 3 is a bottom planvview thereof. Fig. & is a longitudinal section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken on the Y line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Referring in detail to the drawings, wherein like characters ofreference denote corresponding ignated .in its entirety by the reference charparts, the clipper which is des- 1923. Serial No. 643,988.

acter 1 includes a base plate 2 of usual construction which carries at its front end'stationary teeth 3 which cooperate with movable teeth 4L toeffect the. cutting operation.

I The guard. 10 constituting this invention comprises what may be termed a taper plate of brass or other suitable metal shaped as shown in Figs. 2 to 5 having afiat inner face 11 and upturned teeth 12 at its front edge.

The lower face of said plate being rounded transveisely as shown at 13 and preferably corrugated transversely as shown at 1& to prevent the plate from sticking to the flesh. Extending longitudinally of the inner face of the plate '10 is a recess 15 having underv rREnEaic E. YOUNG, or snanvnroa'r, Lemmas" out side walls 16. and in; which is mounted an attaching plate 17 which fits tightly in said recess and is secured frictionally by the undercut side walls. This plate 17 which is designed for adjustably connecting the guard tothe clipper base plate 2 has upwardly and inwardly inclined ends which fit closely around the ends of the clipper base plate as is shown clearly in Fig. 1 and which hold the guard in operative position on the clipper permitting it to be slid backward or forward according to the length it is desired to cut the hair.

The peculiar construction of this guard or taper plate 10 adapts it to be used on a full width clipper finer than #1 and its useon a triple naught clipper by' adjusting it backwards or forwards enables an operator to produce a gradual taper-of the hair from one-siXty-fo-urth to one-fourth of an, inch 'without leaving any lines of demarkation thus enabling a man to dothe work of four clippers by the use of one only. Moreover bymoving the guard 10 forward so that the teeth 12 thereof project beyond the ends of the cutting teeth of the'clipper finest kind of hair will be picked up and guided to the cutting teeth and no matter how the scalp rolls in front of the clipper with the teeth of the guard projected the clipper can cut only a length equal to the distance between the bottom .of the plate and the cutting teeth p i of the clipper.

Various changes in' the form, shapepproportion and otherminor details of construction may be made without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the claimed invention.

I claim A clipper guard embodying a plate hav- 5 ingupwardly curved teeth formedralong one edge thereof, the under surface of the plate being rounded at the junction of said teeth with the plate, the lower surface tapering towards the rear edge thereof, said plate having grooves formed transversely thereof,

said grooves extending to points between the teeth, and means for vsecuring the plate directly to a clipper.

In testimony'that I claim the foregoing as own, I have hereto affiizediny signature.

FREDERIC E. YOUNG- 

